Publication Date: September 2, 2025
The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul reopens in this delightful follow-up to the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We’ll Prescribe You a Cat.
It’s time to revisit the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul.
Though it’s a mysteriously located clinic with an uncertain address, it can always be found by those who need it. And the clinic has proven time after time that a prescribed cat has the power to heal the emotional wounds of its patients. This charming sequel introduces a new lovable cast of healing cats, from Kotetsu, a four-month-old Bengal who unleashes his boundless energy by demolishing bed linens and curtains, to tenacious and curious Shasha, who doesn’t let her small size stop her from anything, and the most lovable yet lazy cat Ms. Michiko, who is as soft and comforting as mochi.
As characters from one chapter appear as side characters in the next, we follow a young woman who cannot help pushing away the man who loves her, a recently widowed grandfather whose grandson refuses to leave his room, the family of a young woman who struggle to understand each other, and an anxious man who works at a cat shelter seeking to show how the most difficult cats can be the most rewarding. This moving, magical novel of interconnected tales proves the strength in the unfathomable bond between cats and people.
We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida is set in Japan and is the sequel to the highly rated first book, We’ll Prescribe You a Cat.
There are cats prescribed to characters facing difficulties in their lives—even if they don’t realize it—as well as some mental health issues. Caring for the cats is supposed to draw the person out and help put them in a better frame of mind. The backdrop is the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul, where a doctor and nurse provide a service to patients who somehow find their way to them. The building itself is difficult to locate, and the cats are only prescribed to the patients for short periods of time.
There is some magic involved, and the cats seem to communicate with their primary caregiver. Humans also appear to act and feel differently while caring for their prescribed cat. The cats acted as expected—sometimes aloof and other times cuddly. Some like to be touched, and others only when they want it.
The stories weren’t warm and fuzzy, no matter how adorable the feline was, and they often left destruction in their paths. There were hints that the doctor and nurse were not who they seemed to be. The story petered out without any real closure.
We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat is a Japanese translation sequel with mysterious elements in these short stories.
Born in 1975 in Kyoto, award-winning author Syou Ishida is a keen supporter of rescue cats. Her debut in the series, We’ll Prescribe You a Cat, has been a runaway international bestseller. We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat is the second volume in the series to be published internationally. Volume 3 has also been released in Japan and will be published in the English-language next year.
